The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words (71 page)
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Authors: Martin A. Gosch,Richard Hammer
Tags: #Biographies & Memoirs, #Leaders & Notable People, #Rich & Famous, #True Crime, #Organized Crime
Giannini, Eugenio,
356
Gigante, Vincent “The Chin,”
388
,
389
,
404
Gimbel, Ben,
56
Goldstein, Martin “Buggsy,”
246
,
247
Gompers, Samuel,
6
Gordon, “Waxey” (Irving Wexler),
33
,
67
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
104
,
140
,
177
,
209
Gosch, Martin,
v-viii
,
427–429
,
431
,
440–448
Granlund, Niles T. (NTG),
110
Grant, Cary,
429
Grasso, Arthur,
396
“greasing” (buying police and political officials),
29
,
34–35
,
49
,
53
,
72
,
74
,
78–83
,
97–99
,
103
,
154
,
156–167
,
169
,
251–252
Greenbaum, Gus,
330
Greenberg, Harry “Big Greenie,”
248–249
Grimes, Charles,
191
Guzik, Jake “Greasy Thumb,”
104
,
163
Haffenden, Lt. Cmdr. Charles R.,
263
,
264
,
266–267
,
269–270
,
276–277
Halley, Rudolph,
372
Halpern, Irving W.,
222
Hardy, J. David,
211
Harlow, Jean,
40
Harrison Act,
14
Havana conference,
304–322
Hearst, William Randolph,
156
Hearst newspapers,
107
Helfand, Julius,
276
Hill, Charles “Chick,”
330
Hill, Virginia,
286
,
316
,
317
,
330
,
331
,
372
Hillman, Sidney,
78
Hines, Jimmy,
58
,
83
,
159
,
161
; political demise,
167
; and numbers racket,
177
; on Dodge,
185
Hoover, Herbert Clark,
156
Hoover, J. Edgar,
177
,
240–244
,
300
; on Buchalter,
240
horse parlors,
72–73
Hutton (stockbroker),
73
ice racket,
126
industry, mob control of,
122–123
International Longshoreman’s Association,
261
Ison, “Big” Joe,
175
Jessel, George,
319
Johnson, Enoch “Nucky,”
63
,
94
,
96
,
103
,
168
; personal characteristics,
105–106
Kastel, Phil “Dandy Phil,”
163
,
164
,
168
,
171–172
,
239
,
311
,
317
,
384
Kefauver, Estes,
348
,
358
,
368
,
371
; on LL and drug ring,
348–349
Kefauver hearings,
330
,
347
,
348
,
370
,
371–373
,
382
,
388
Kelly, Helen (alias Nancy Miller),
203
Korean War,
349
labor unions,
77
Laemmle, Carl, Jr.,
329
Lagaipa, Charley “Big Nose Charley,”
52–53
La Guardia, Fiorello,
166
,
177–179
,
185
,
189
,
243
,
245
,
250
; on LL,
179
Lahey, Bill,
58
Landau, Abe,
187
Lansky, Anna Citron (Mrs. Meyer Lansky),
104
; religiousness,
108
,
125
; pregnancy and birth of crippled child,
120
,
125
Lansky, Bernard,
125
Lansky, Jake “The Hunchback,”
140
,
384
Lansky, Meyer (Maier Suchowljansky; “The Little Man,” “The Genius”),
37
,
38
,
39
,
48
,
49
,
55
,
56
,
61
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
73
,
74
,
87
,
92
,
94
,
95
,
105
,
129
,
130
,
135
,
136
,
150
,
159
,
182
,
183
,
186
,
198
,
242
,
282
,
284
,
286
,
290
,
304
,
305
,
306
,
307
,
311
,
315
,
340
,
368
,
372
,
385
,
386
,
390
,
391
,
398
,
404
,
428
,
430
; objection to movie on LL,
vii
; family,
23
; toughness,
23
,
24
; mathematical and financial genius,
23
,
72
,
229
,
260
; book-wormishness,
23
,
231
; appearance,
24
; shrewdness, intelligence and insight,
24
,
35
,
55
,
75
,
82
,
114–115
,
120
,
121
,
145
,
146–147
,
162
,
187
,
190
; love of money,
27
,
405
; as financial manager and treasurer,
72
,
229
,
232
,
283
,
307
,
353
,
367
,
369–370
,
384
,
421
,
422
,
425
; as originator of numbers racket,
75–76
; desire for respectability,
103
,
104
;
naturalization of,
103–104
; personal characteristics,
103–104
,
120
,
172–173
; honeymoon with Anna,
104
,
106
,
108
; hunger for power,
108
,
172
,
431
,
446
; first marriage,
120
,
125
; child of,
125
; arrests,
137
; role in Maranzano murder,
139
,
141
; as LL’s adviser and confidant,
139
,
145
,
402
; enmity with Gordon,
140
; political scheming and politicians,
162
,
163
,
164
,
378–379
; and gambling interests,
168–169
,
239
,
283
,
330
,
353
,
417–418
,
419
,
425
, and independent bootlegging,
172–173
; and Schultz’s conviction,
179
; role during LL’s prison term,
229
,
232
,
233
,
236
,
259
,
260
,
261
,
265–268
,
270
; and Batista,
233–234
,
239
,
449
; attitude toward violence,
239
; taste in women,
283
; and Siegel,
172
,
291
,
315–318
; second marriage and honeymoon,
347
; visits LL in Sicily,
347–348
; present to LL in Italy,
350–351
; characterized by LL,
381
; at LL’s death,
449
QUOTED:
on name “Lucky” Luciano,
119
; on murders of Masseria and Maranzano,
120–121
; on naming national organized crime,
146
; on proposed murder of Schultz,
187
Lansky, Thelma “Teddy” (Mrs. Meyer Lansky),
347
,
348
Lanza, Joseph “Sock,” “Joe Zox,”
263–264
,
270
Las Vegas gambling empire,
316–319
,
330
,
388
,
417–418
Lazia, John,
105
Leone, Giovanni,
422
Levine, “Red,”
35
,
87
,
89
,
102–103
,
109
,
143
; religiousness of,
139
; and Maranzano murder,
139–140
Levy, George Morton,
199
,
204
,
205
,
208
,
210
,
211
,
214
,
215
,
219
,
220
,
221
,
223
,
231
,
235
,
267
Liguori, Ralph “The Pimp,”
189
,
191
,
192
,
194
,
203
,
209
,
210
,
212
,
223
,
343
,
344
,
345
liquor industry: underworld involvement in,
106–107
,
121
,
171–172
Lissoni, Giovanni,
412
Lissoni, Igea,
362–363
; family background,
335
,
336
,
339
,
363
,
412
; interest in ballet and dancing career,
335–336
,
354
; as mistress of LL,
337–339
,
342
,
350–354
,
358
,
366
,
373
,
374
,
377
,
380
,
381
,
384
,
390
,
393
,
394–395
,
400–401
; desire for respectability,
340–341
,
346
,
359
,
364
,
365–366
,
374
,
376
; faithfulness and devotion to LL,
344
,
345
, personal characteristics,
351
,
352
,
353
,
366
; illness and death,
400–401
,
406–413
,
418
,
424
; funeral,
412
Little Italys,
45
loansharking,
38–39
,
76–78
,
124
,
170
Lo Manto, Antonio,
343
Long, Huey “The Kingfish,”
163–164
; characterized,
164
; involvement in gambling,
189–190
Louis, Joe,
225
Lucanía, Antonio,
3
,
See also
LL,
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
, with father
Lucanía, Bart (Bartolo),
3
,
5
,
53–54
,
229
,
282
,
344
,
377
,
385
,
386
,
449
,
450
; at New York ceremony for LL,
450
Lucanía, Calcedonia,
298
,
299
,
341
,
342
,
346
,
364
,
387
Lucanía, Connie (Concetta),
3
,
5
Lucanía, Fannie (Francesca),
3
,
5
,
346–347
,
435
Lucanía, Joseph (Giuseppe),
3
,
5
,
450
Lucanía, Rosalie Capporelli,
3
,
16
.
See also
LL,
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
, with mother
Lucanía, Salvatore.
See
Luciano, “Lucky”